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    <h1>What is the Document Object Model?</h1>
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The <abbr title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> defines
 the <abbr title="Document Object Model">DOM</abbr> as:
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A platform- and language-neutral interface that will allow programs
 and scripts to dynamically access and update the
 content, structure and style of documents.
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It is an <abbr title="Application Programming Interface">API</abbr>
 that can be used to navigate <abbr title="HyperText Markup Language">
HTML</abbr> and <abbr title="eXtensible Markup Language">XML
</abbr> documents.
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